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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Sep 16 2012 : 12:41:35 PM
Anybody ever heard of this fungal disease? I sure never did until this season. One of my large roses(been there for 5 or 6 years) suddenly started putting out weird canes looking like what are called 'witches brooms'. Really twisted and red and just alien looking. When I looked it up, I found it's called 'Rose rosette disease and there is no cure! . It is carried by mites and apparently, the wild roses that grow out in the fields are infecting everything else. I have tons of Knockout roses. They are all hybridized and several have put out these diseased canes. Now I'm supposed to yank them all out(and look at nothing again ) and not plant a rose for two years. . If you have wild rose bushes, check them and if you see evidence of this, dig them out and burn them. If you bury them, the mites have a chance to travel.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
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| rough start farmgirl |
Posted - Sep 25 2012 : 02:00:03 AM
Oh, what a shame. I am so sad for you. I know it would be a big deal to me if I lost my roses. And had to wait two years. Wow.
Marianne |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Sep 21 2012 : 6:26:20 PM
Be careful out there in the wild rose bushes. Those things are evil and have a mind of their own! I cna't walk by one without it grabbing me.
Kris
Happiness is simple.
www.kris-outbackfarm.blogspot.com |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Sep 21 2012 : 05:23:05 AM
Nope, Kris. There's no cure at all. I guess I'll just watch them for more outbreaks(seen it on three I planted so far, but only once and I cut out all that). I'm going to try to start more bushes for next spring(from anything that's healthy). Maybe I should just treat them as biennials and keep starting and planting each year and pulling up what's diseased. Sounds like a lot of work. :(. Meanwhile, we'll be uprooting/burning wild roses this weekend.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Sep 20 2012 : 6:56:25 PM
Janice, I'm so sorry. And there's nothing you can do? I don't like rose bushes but like roses ok. My mom has a lot of rose bushes and the knock out roses too. She would be devastated if she had to pull all hers out.
Kris
Happiness is simple.
www.kris-outbackfarm.blogspot.com |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Sep 16 2012 : 5:00:08 PM
Janice, I'm so sorry to hear this. Your beautiful roses. Years ago, one of my sisters had a disease on her rose bushes, and she had to dig them all up and burn them. She is in Heaven now, so I can't ask her what the problem was. I know she was very upset. Hugs to you.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
